Auraria Daciae (castellum)

Auraria Daciae
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s) Auraria Maior, Alburnus Minor, Abruttus [1]
Known also as Castellum of Abrud
Founded 2nd century AD [2][3]
Abandoned 3rd century AD [2][3]
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Structure
— Wood and earth [4] structure —
Size and area 40 m x 50 m (0.2 [4] ha)
Location
Place name Cetățuia / Cetățeaua [2]
Town Abrud
County Alba
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI AB-I-s-B-00006 [3]
RO-RAN 1160.02 [2]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Condition Ruined

The fort was part of the defensive system of the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.[2][3] The ruins of a contemporary nearby defensive ditch was also unearthed.[2] The ruins of the castellum are located in Abrud (Romania).[2][3]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Lecca, O.G. (1937). Dicționar istoric, arheologic și geografic al României. București: Ed. Universul S.A.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Castellum de la Abrud - "Cetățeaua"". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-03-19. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments")" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 3. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dan, Matei (2006). "Trupe fără castre, castre fără trupe în Dacia ("Troops without castra, castra without troops in Dacia")" (PDF). Buletinul cercurilor ştiinţifice ştudenţeşti: arheologie-istorie-muzeologie (in Romanian) (Alba Iulia: Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie) 12: 55–70. ISSN 1454-8097. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

Coordinates: 46°16′20″N 23°04′07″E / 46.27222°N 23.06861°E